Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services and Posts) Amendment Rules, 2026: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) Notification dated 09.02.2026
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Personnel and Training)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 9th February, 2026
G.S.R. 115(E).––In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services and Posts) Rules,1979, namely: –
1. Short title and commencement: –
(1) These rules may be called the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services and Posts) Amendment Rules, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, in rule 2, in clause (c), in subclause (i), for the portion beginning with the words “who has served” and ending with the words “Indian Union, and”, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non-combatant in the Regular Army or Navy or Air Force of the Indian Union or Military Nursing Service of the Indian Union, and”.
[F. No. 36034/1/2018-Estt. (Res)]
MANOJ KUMAR DWIVEDI, Addl. Secy.
Note: The Principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number G.S.R. 1530, dated the 15th December,1979 and subsequently amended as follows: –
1. G.S.R. 973, dated the 27th October, 1986;
2. G.S.R. 333(E), dated the 27th March, 1987;
3. G.S.R. 757(E), dated the 4th October, 2012; and
4. G.S.R 116(E), dated the 13th February, 2020.
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